The country of the Neutrals

The work combines local archaeological fieldnotes and historical synthesis to document a fortified indigenous earthwork in southwestern Ontario, describing its layout, embankments, tree-ring evidence used to estimate age, and artifacts recovered such as pottery sherds, stone tools, bone implements, charred maize and fish remains. It contextualizes the site within regional settlement patterns drawn from early maps and travel narratives, discusses excavation methods and interpretations of occupation, and reviews documentary sources that relate the earthwork to a now-disappeared regional Indigenous nation.